David Byrne Movies

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: David Byrne

Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...

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Cast: Laurie Anderson

An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Lou Reed

"Fortified with a new band, and a bevy of fresh arrangements, Byrne sought to do more than debut virgin material at this show; he was out to recast...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bobby Allende

A compilation of ten music videos produced by Talking Heads during the 1980s. The videos are linked by apparently real people (not actors) telling...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

David Byrne is a visual artist as well as a musician, and ever since his early days as a member of Talking Heads, he's wanted his concerts to be more...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor"...

Genre: Music

Cast: Caetano Veloso

The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The documentary...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Zé

This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bebel Gilberto

In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Celia Cruz

The Pogues playing on St. Patrick's Day in London's Town and Country serves to remind fans why we loved the band and possibly why their breakup was...

Genre: Music

Cast: Shane MacGowan

Chronology pulls together live performances from across Talking Heads' career. It starts with their earliest days at CBGB and The Kitchen in New York...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.

Genre: Music

Cast: Michael Jackson

550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nimród Antal

This show, captured on November 28, 2001, was hailed by critics as Byrne's best work in years, and his performance on the Austin City Limits stage...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

Rare concert footage of Talking Heads performing during their legendary Remain in Light trek has been unearthed after 35 years. Filmed four years...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the release of his first album recorded solely in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Caetano Veloso

MTV Unplugged is a 1993 live album by 10,000 Maniacs. The music was recorded for the MTV Unplugged series and it was also the last album by the band...

Genre: Music

Cast: Natalie Merchant

Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Billie Joe Armstrong

With her band - Future Wife - and David Byrne, playwright Young Jean Lee takes the stage in a life-affirming show that anyone could perform, about...

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Cast: David Byrne

A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Meryl Streep

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dicky Barrett

John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John Mulaney

In this 1995 made-for television biopic, see legendary musician and filmmaker Ivan Kral as he made music history. With guitar and camera in the 70s,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ivan Král

From the poetic to the philosphical, the heartbreaking to the hilarious, Lubbock Lights explores the phenomenon that is West Texas music.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

A brief history of Talking Heads (and how they got here!)

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

Fringe even in the fringe world of music of the 70's - Terry Allen is an artist in a class of his own. Everything For All Reasons introduces Terry's...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Terry Allen

Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eric Bogosian

A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jeff Daniels

French filmmakers Cedric Laty and Vincent Gerard chronicle the life of lensman William Eggleston, emerging with an artful documentary as much about...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

SETLIST: 01. Here, 02. Lazy, 03. I Zimbra (Talking Heads song), 04. Slippery People (Talking Heads song), 05. Everybody’s Coming to My House,...

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Cast: David Byrne

This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Amália Rodrigues

A compelling story about Grammy-winning Venezuelan funksters Los Amigos Invisibles, from their early days playing in Caracas, Venezuela, to being...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Julio Briceño

If it were necessary to describe the history of independent rock music in Russia in one word, then this word would be Gorbushka. It is a password...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Blixa Bargeld

A documentary following musician and nurse Doug Hream Blunt on his first world tour.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Doug Hream Blunt

"(Nothing But) Flowers" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) "And She Was" "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz,...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for the American Foundation for AIDS Research....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kate Pierson

When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the...

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Cast: David Byrne

New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Afrika Bambaataa

Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Arthur Russell

Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Johnny Ramone

This half-hour documentary was screened on Channel 4 in 1989. Charlie Gillett is in conversation with David Byrne and Susan Young. Gillett explores...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Zé

A team of creatives get together to throw the safest possible dance party in the middle of the pandemic in NYC. Starring David Byrne, Christian...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do....

Genre: Music

Cast: Kid Creole

Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received...

Genre: Music

Cast: Paul Simon

Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge:...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Benjamin Buza

A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sean Penn

This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harvey Keitel

The making of a film about a bunch of people in Virgil, Texas.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Byrne

In 1984, David Byrne put together a TV special on the Talking Heads for U.K. TV’s Channel 4, a 68-minute mix of live material filmed at Wembley...

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Cast: David Byrne

Second MTV Unplugged album of Café Tacvba.

Genre: Music

Cast: Rubén Albarrán

Tori Amos performs. Her set includes "iieee," "Past the Mission," "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "The Waitress." Hosted by David Byrne.

Genre: Music

Cast: Tori Amos

Adrian Belew augments the band on this 50-minute performance from the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, on December 20th, 1980, for the Rockpop...

Genre: Music

Cast: Adrian Belew

Meet the match made in pop heaven, when the singer-songwriter and the 1960s hitmaking composer collaborated on the 1998 album Painted From Memory,...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Bowie

The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines.

Genre: Drama

Cast: George Bartenieff

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Cast: David Byrne

David Byrne live in Zagreb, Croatia on the 30th of October 1994

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

Includes the songs "Fuzzy Freaky," "Making Flippy Floppy," "Take Me To The River," "Help Me Somebody," "Dance On Vaseline," "Back In The Box," "Miss...

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Cast: David Byrne

A documentary made in 1979 about Talking Heads. Features interviews and live recordings of the band.

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Cast: David Byrne

Setlist: Who Weekend In The Dust Strange Overtones I Am An Ape Marrow This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) The Forest Awakes Like...

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Cast: David Byrne

David Byrne - Live From Congress Hall (Warsaw, Poland, 10/14/1994)

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne